Better Understanding the Heterogeneity of Tinnitus to Improve and Develop New Treatments

The TINNET COST Action is a unique effort and the only international network world-wide focusing on subtyping of tinnitus, the identification of the neuronal correlates of these subtypes and their molecular genetics. The heterogeneity of tinnitus is the major reason for inconsistent results in tinnitus studies, both in neuroimaging studies and clinical trials, and represents the major barrier in the development of innovative and more efficient treatments for tinnitus.

This barrier will be addressed by this COST Action which will identify clinical criteria for pathophysiologically distinct subtypes of tinnitus. The Action will further improve the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the different forms of tinnitus and provide crucial information for the development of innovative hypothesis driven treatment approaches. Thus the Action has high potential impact on many different levels.

Within this section we will present the results that have been acquired by the different working groups during the COST-TINNET-Action concerning different aspects of Tinnitus Research and Treatment.

TINNET Resting-State-QuestionnaireResting State recordings are used across all neuroimaging methods in tinnitus research. During the resting state recordings, patients are usually asked "to do nothing" and not to deliberately engage in thoughts about their tinnitus. The thoughts of the participants during the experiment are certainly not under the control of the researcher - but they can have an impact on the brain recordings. The TINNET neuroimaging workggroup therefore decided to design a "TINNET resting-state-questionnaire" to assess the thoughts of the tinnitus patients during the recordings:download TRSQ

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